Blogging is just one more way to stay in touch with my parents, or so I thought untill I read the Wiki page on Educational Blogging. Of course (palm to head) why hadn’t I thought of that? Why not use it in a more “interactive” way. My only worry is that not all my kids have access to the web at home, but I will be polling them to see who does.
I communicate with 60% of my parents through emails (probably through their work) and I include my classroom blog site in my weekly newsletter, so why not have a scavenger hunt with it and see how many families I can get to go to my blog? I think I will try to tie this in with the Halloween theme of the week. Maybe do a Halloween riddle at the end of the day and have kids go home and see if they can get the answer off my bog. Not only will that get them engaged with the technology that will be their vehicle in the future, but they will have to read…oh my! that is scary!!!
Reflection: I didn’t have time to do the joke thing…with Common Assessments, report cards and the holiday, I can see that time is going to be a big factor in how creative I can get on a blog. I am hoping this will get easier as I go.
